Dear prefrosh,

Welcome home :)

Congrats to all! Sign up for Campus Preview Weekend (CPW). It is fantastic and will give you a real sense of what MIT is all about. Congrats! Congrats! Congrats!

I should wait for one month more for decisions, Transfer

accepted. ftw

Hey! EA admit here, so I've been anxiously waiting although vicariously. So MyMIT is down right now, but RA admits should go sign the guestbook. :D

Welcome home, indeed!

Lord be Thanked.

holy shit, i didn't expect this. woohoo!

YES NOOOOBS YES GOT IN !!!!!

@ amaz - No one really believes you got into all those colleges anyway. Besides, all colleges admit more students than are expected to enter, so you did not take anyone's space. You will be better off somewhere else with that kind of attitude. All you did was waste your $75 application fee.

Congratulations to the admitted students! You will love MIT and all it has to offer!

'14 added to the name!!!!!!! :D :D :D :D :D

recap: indeed slinked

I CAN'T BELIEVE I GOT IN. I MY, OH MY GOODNESS... I WAS SO SET UP FOR REJECTION. Now I have to make a really hard decision. I have no clue what to do now.

Accepted! YAYYYY!! =D

any internationals?? a peruvian here!!!

Congratulations newly minted pre-frosh :)

Make sure you come to CPW

Thank you so much MIT. I'm so happy that I've been admitted! Its been such an honor for me to be part of the class of '14!

Accepted! I never thought It would happen.

Thank you, MIT. ♥
(If only CPW didn't overlap with Science Olympiad State...)

Wow I can't believe I got in!!! I was deferred from EA and yesterday I got put on Caltech's waitlist so I wasn't really expecting the best today.

Looking forward to seeing you all at CPW and congrats!

(captcha is "newspapers cooked" lol)

Here's one from Hong Kong... it's truly touching...

@amazingness: decisions for harvard, yale, princeton are yet to be released by the end of march or early april. well, at least i know that harvard closed indefinitely its early admission so it's no true that you got accepted to those colleges as well. after all, that kind of attitude is not fit for insitutions of this caliber.

captcha: smedley gestures

(also, what the hell? MIT, are you sure you sent me the right letter? :/)

OH AND sorry for all the multiple posts but CONGRATULATIONS everyone!! ♥♥♥

OMG! I was SURE I'd be rejected! And now I got in!!! *throws confetti and happy dances* :D WOooooooooooooooooo-HOooooooooooooooooooo!

Congrats to all '14s. As anonymous said, definitely sign up for CPW. It's an amazing time and it really made all the difference for my decision to come to MIT.

Congratulations, everyone!!!! :) I can't wait to meet you!

I am simply floored, I never expected to be admitted. See you all soon!

Man, I feel old. Congrats young ones =)

Congratulations everyone!

OMG...I am still in a shock people. I got in and I didn't see that coming. Thank YOU God...thank you MIT..Thanks!

I would like to get to nkow each and every one of you guys! Add me on facebook..Yassin Nosayr. WII WOULD LIKE TO PLAY!!! Sorry cap hahahaaa!!

skgjs;ljsbg

im just happy, forgive me!!

Congratulations everyone btw!

Congrats Prefrosh!!
And, like everyone says, be sure to come to CPW!! :)

YAY! I finally get to know who my future classmates will be!!

Congrats everyone!

Congrats everyone! Enjoy the rest of senior year!

from Vietnam! Thank you MIT!!! one thousand times!!

wow. haha never saw that coming! :D congrats everyone...and i'm curious, how many of you are Science Olympiad members? (i ask because i'm at a study session right now - NY states are next weekend O.O)

My god, I'm ridiculously excited :D

It's 2 am here in Shanghai but it's okay BECAUSE I GOT IN! I can't wait to see you guys next year!!!

@ Nell

I'm an EA admit and a Sci Oly team member from NYC. I'm on the Archbishop Molloy team and we're going to states too. Good Luck!

Colombia :)

Camila loves you!

I'm so pumped.

@ Louis:

Haha awesome, what events are you doing?

Want to know any peruvian who got in xD

Any other Nederlanders? haha, and almost forgot that the US has timechange before we do. Ooops.

Can't wait to meet everyone! (eventually...)

OMG THIS IS BETTER THAN A NINTENDO 64 OMG OMG OMG

Congrats, prefrosh!

Seriously, make sure you come to CPW or visit at another time. MIT is not always what you imagine (but it's AWESOME either way). Coming would help dispel some illusions and get you as excited as you should be.

Congrats, again!

Greets from Mexico. Hope to see you all in August.

PS: How good it feels to write '14 next to your name!!!!

@Ecstatic '14

CPW is definitely better than the Science Olympiad. Just telling you up front. Come here for the weekend.

Congrats everyone!!!

Congrats to everyone! Hope to see you at CPW.

@Luíza

lol

Hi,

Early admit here, but congrats to everyone! So excited to meet you all. Join the facebook group! And if there's swimmers out there, give me a holler. :)

Oh, and it'll sink in in a day or two.

@Neil '12
erk, so I hear.-- I would, except that I'm co-captain this year and can't ditch my team D: But I'll definitely still visit and stay over! :/

Congratulations everyone we're the cream of the crop :) Martin, I'm from Mexico too! Viva Mexico cabrones!

Congratulations everyone. I'm sure u'll all do great things.

It was like a knife thorugh my viens that killed each living cell, it is painful more than just painful. Although it was over impossible for international students, I felt that I can do this. But now the knife went deep scaterring my thoughts, leting my heart move out from its place !!! blood coming out !!! how painful !!! we need to stop the blood, but it is not coming out REJECTED !!!

CONGRATS TO ALL ADMITTED :)!!!!

And hard luck for all the people like me !!!!!

Total. Disbelief. :D

I am crying but perhaps calmly.

did anyone from India got selected this year ?

Muslim prospective members of Class of 2014.
It's time to get to know each other and build close ties. You know, we will need each other.

An admitted from Turkey.

I'm so happy!!!!

Any word on when aid packages come out?

Congratulations to everyone! you are all in for quite a journey

Thank you, thank you, thank you! I am in complete disbelief right now. This is an opportunity of a lifetime!

Congratulations, everyone! Hope you can make it to CPW!

@ Kerry

If you got your finaid application in on (or near) the deadline your financial aid statement will be in your admit packet.

@Melih I am a Muslim Arab Israeli...Add me on Facebook and we can have a chat. I love you all..I love you all. Oh I so love you all, my future friends.

This one's for my bro: TO ALL OF YOU WHO'VE GOT INTO MIT, CONGRATS!!!!. If you think you people are smarter than the smartest, the most intelligent of the lot, then think again. Come to India and try to clear the IITJEE( Indian Institute of Technology Joint Entrance Exam), and get a decent rank (say within 500). Then talk. ha!! ha!!

I did that.I came 8th. My bro didn't get into MIT. But he'll do what I did.

Once again, congratulations to all those who got in!! . To those who didn't, solve some IITJEE papers and show 'em whose boss!!!

My FACEBOOK page is Yassin Nosayr. Add me! Melih

I'm so happy! MIT is my first choice. I promise I won't disappoint!
I definitely will try to attend CPW

I was accepted and have no idea what to do or say except share this little bit of information with the rest of the world. Congratulations future classmates! You made it! In fact, I and two other girls from my school made it too!

I got in! So excited! Hope to see you all at CPW!
Anyone from San Diego?

Let me congratulate you all, ESPECIALLY the international studets!

My contact with people associated with this place gave clear idea that people from MIT are without exeption, exeptional.

Regards,
Szymon

Congratulations everyone!!! ^__^

Can't wait to see you all at CPW (or, if you can't make it, then next fall?)!

PS: You guys should probably stop posting on here and go out and celebrate, but w/e. This is a form of celebrating anyways ^__^ Congrats again!

The institute should add some more seats, that way they can take in more qualified people. Sure, the ones who have got in are smart but then so many equally qualified applicants have been denied. Not that they dont deserve it.

^Someone from IIT: There's no need to brag. The admissions committee have chosen the ones who suit their mission best. I have a prospective 394AIR but still got rejected. Besides the admit rate for intls is ridiculuosly low.
Congratulations to the Class of 2014! Play with Science!

fantastic.
can you believe it, we're the best of the best!
holy cow.
holy cow. wow. MIT.

now, while we celebrate, let's keep in mind that we do have a huge responsibility. Being the best of the best means we have the skill+power to help others, as well as the obligation. Let's use our knowledge to save the world. No task is too great.
Congratulations :)

@Someone from IIT:

MIT >> IIT

We all know that! The IITJEE is not enough basis to say that your school is tougher or better than MIT.

Of course, MIT is not just looking objectively with numbers, it's looking for students who has not passion to be the change in the world (not simply an A+ student). You know what I mean? Think before you speak.

To everybody who made it, congrats! To those who did not get in, remember you are not alone. Ten thousands are too. Being part of the admissions process of MIT is an honor itself. Only few people try that. Remember, there are more applicants at the other school down the road coz they are afraid of being rejected by MIT.

Congrats '14s!

Congrats to everyone!!! I am soooooo Happpyyy!! I am waiting to meet you all next september at MIT!! I love you MIT!! You are the BEST!!

Oops! I meant *who has the passion to be...* from my previous post.

totally, utterly shocked. i never thought i would even have a shot at a place like MIT.

wow.

I am so excited for the opportunity for an amazing education and experience at MIT!

On top of this, I am so looking forward to the Intel ISEF again this May!

Atlanta

^^ Cheers to everyone.

When will we be getting our admissions packet? haha I want the official admit letter!!! AAAHHHH I can't believe it! CONGRATS CLASS OF 2014, WE DID IT!!!

Hey guys,

Can you tell your SAT scores and Extracurricular Activities so us juniors know how competitive you guys were :) Thanks a Bunch! :)

CONGRATULATIONS! and if there are any Canadians please tell us or leave your email :) thanks!

Complete disbelief. I was so steeled for that rejection letter...this is insane. What an amazing feeling!

Congratulations to everyone, and I look forward to meeting all of you next year! 4 years of good times up ahead, fellas!

To the CLASS OF 2014: CONGRATULATIONS!!! I can't wait to meet you at CPW! It was the best weekend of my high school life, so you should really come!!!

@Saptarshi
Hiya! Miss you. Thanks for gently and politely taking that rude IIT person down. This is a thread for celebration, not bringing the admits down. I wish MIT had let you in, but I'm sure you're loving Caltech. They're lucky to have you!

~Emily

Congratulations guys !!!!!!. I am Peruvian. Congrats to all admitted students, and especially for the hispanic ones. Yuhuuuuuuuuuuuu Hoping the financial aid is generous. :D>

omg I can't believe I'm in...it's shock & awe
Congratulations to everyone, class of 2014!!!!!

Congratz to everyone & cheers from Estonia!

Hands still a bit shaky, waiting for CPW :)

Congratulations guys. And for those of you who already know - or will soon realize - how much you'll love(and hate, but mostly love) it here, welcome to your home planet! :-)

CONGRATS GUYS! Hope you'll join the rest of the EA kids at cpw!

@Someone from IIT:

All you can brag about is the JEE?! Seriously? LOL

Well I can understand.

Also, fix your English please.

Congratulations guys!
I can't believe it's been some two years since I was in your shoes. You're gonna love your time at MIT.
Enjoy the rest of high school.

Well this is one way to wake up

I was SO PREPARED for a rejection letter. I even opened up a new tub of ice cream so that I could drown my sorrows in it.

...A sought after dream comes to life. MIT, thank you.

Um, on another note, did I really get the right letter? Is there a way I can check (other than the online thing)?

I don't believe it! I don't think I'll believe it until I get on campus! ACTUALLY I don't think I'll believe it even then!!!!! OH MY GOD(S)!!!!!!!!!1 what the heck.

anyone from NJ??

I am thrilled that CPW overlaps with my April Break!

Wow. Deferred, then accepted. Thank you MIT!

@ Annie- I'm a swimmer!

Anonymous '14, I totally agree!! I am still in shock, I almost didn't apply to MIT because I didn't think I had a real chance!!! So glad I did now!!!

I feel like a million bucks.

I earnestly hope that the next time I post on this forum, I am going to be a part of the MIT class of '18.
Congratulations and love to my friend, who was accepted today. :)
I just got back from the Splash program, and I genuinely hope that I can one day join the ranks of the MIT class.
Congratulations, everyone.

Hey EA here. Just want to congratulate everyone. I know how excited you all must feel right now. This is probably one of the happiest moments of your life just as December 16th was for me. See you at CPW! :)

I'm really glad i got in. Thank you MIT.

I have never been so excited in my life! I cannot begin to describe my emotions when I logged in and saw those words. I am so ready to meet all of my future classmates and I hope everyone else is having the kind of day I am having. Congratulations to all of my fellow MIT classmates!

Congratulations to all of you!!
So excited to see you all next semester or CPW (if you are coming)

Wish you the best!! =D

P.S. Any freshman from Pakistan?

Congrats '14ers. Can't believe it has been so long since I got in. Anyway, come to CPW if there's any way you can make it happen. I'd say it's a hugely important opportunity to meet your classmates. Other than that, chill out now that you're in and make high school an awesome time. Be excited because you are gonna love this place more than anything.

Congrats to Ido Potter from Israel! You rock! Love you, and so happy for you!

-Stav (Yale '10)

Congratulations everyone!

I totally did not expect this, so, thanks MIT!

I'm more than glad that I got in but I'm now worried about how to pay for MIT. Can't wait for the financial aid information to be released. Everyone's curious about how a Ugandan family is going to afford an MIT education.

PS Anyone else from this corner of the world?? Or somewhere near here??

Juan and Cesar, both peruvians. Me gustaria conocerlos xD

although i love mit and it is a great place, it is not fair with international students !!!

it is like a hundred students admitted out of all the application. How unfair that can be and of course SAD at the same time !!! i still love you MIT, but u r not fair with everybody.

I remmeber MIT said that no one have an opportunity more than the other !!! can you explain this now !!!! very dessapointed !!

And to all who were admitted !!! you are exceptional guys best of luck in ur studied !!!

@ Nell

I'll be doing Cell Bio, Chem Lab, Physics Lab, Technical Problem Solving, and Astronomy. I get out of classes friday for Astronomy lol

I'm very excited to get in :D

@louis

hi, I'm in science olympiad, too.
I'm in chem lab, cell bio, envi. chem and forensics.

I don't think it's quite sunk in yet, I'm simply in a state of shock. I never thought this day would come, I never thought I'd get in! And I really never thought I'd have to choose where I go for the next four years. CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE!!!

My most sincere Congrats to all of you! Enjoy your years at MIT. You may be ahead of me now, but I will dissapear that gap before graduate school! ;)

muchas felicidades a todos los hispanohablantes, sobre todo latinos y ESPECIALMENTE a los Mexicanos... y si awebo! viva mexico cabrones! pongan en alto el nombre de nuestro pais en MIT, yo espero hacerlo en alguna otra uni. espero que haya mas como nosotros y k podamos hacer la diferencia en el pais!

Congrats to all if u.we made it . Look forward to seeing u at CPW. I am from Mongolia.

unexpected... i delayed checking because i thought i would be rejected... i guess the jokes on me.

Congrats prefroshlings! I still remember making it through the first 1/2 sentence and literally jumping up because I was so excited. Today is your day! I hope you enjoy it. See you in April : )

Congratulations to those of you who got accepted to MIT.

Now, the biggest decision you get to make...

Do you choose MIT, or some other school that also accepted you?

I, myself, had a tough time picking between several schools.

* Purdue University: The only school that I ever got an acceptance letter from within a week of mailing in my application. It was an in-state school for me, a lot of my friends from high school were going there, and they offered me a scholarship such that I would be attending for free if I accepted. Plus, in the field of engineering, Purdue is considered to be one of the top 5 in the country. I had taken a summer course in calculus there in the summer before I started 10th grade, so I was already familiar with the campus and dorm life there. If I had gone, I was going to be roommates with my best friend from high school.

* Yale: Good reputation, nice rustic campus. I visited the dorms, library and various other trappings of New Haven. In the end, I felt it was more of a liberal arts school than an engineering school.

* Princeton: To quote my mother, "If I had a daughter, I would send her here." One of the most beautiful campuses I have ever visited. So many golf courses around campus. I never saw so many expensive foreign cars (whose values could pay for 4 years of tuition) parked along a single street before! Like Yale, I decided to pursue an engineering field, and I felt Princeton was more focused on liberal arts.

* Caltech: Ah, the big contender. Pros: They have the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, they are in California, and they also worship the beaver! Cons: It's in the middle of nowhere, and the boy:girl ration is like 6:1. I have a friend who went to Caltech, and he told me that if you so much as talk to a friend in a friendly way, all the other guys around give you the evil eye!

* MIT: Where I ultimately went, obviously. Why? I came from a small town in Indiana, where corn fields are plentiful and I could hear cows moo at night. So, for me, Boston really appealed to me. Plus, I liked the idea of having a larger student population than Caltech, the boy:girl ratio was more equal, and I loved the whole pass/no record and add-date/drop-date systems MIT has in place.

Being a second-semester sophomore now, I can say that I love MIT and am glad I chose it. But I will say, I find myself so hosed, between taking 6 classes and working 20 hours a week, that I average about 4 hours a night on most weekdays, and rarely get any sleep on nights before my 6.045 homework is due.

To those of you who got admitted, choose wisely. Any school you decide to attend will offer you many opportunities to learn and grow... any school you attend will swamp you with homework and hose you with exams.

In the end, I say... it is all about:
1.) The weather (MIT is currently getting hammered with rain, rain and more rain)
2.) The shopping (Boston, not so bad. Pasadena California, sucks)
3.) The education? 1+1=2 both here and in California.
4.) The social life (Boston greater area has the largest college student population in the nation)
5.) Means of travel (Buses, subways, taxis, and an airport all in easy reach. Boston also accommodates those who prefer to walk or ride a bike, with numerous bike paths and walkways)
6.) Cost (Okay, MIT loses here, as does Caltech and most Ivy League schools). At times, I wish I chose Purdue for it's inexpensive (aka, free) education. Oh well, a couple decades of debt-servitude builds character... *gulp*

Kim
MIT Class of 2012

I am so excited!!!!

YES!!! Wow!!! I'm still in shock.

Woohoo for California and being a swimmer/water polo player! Looking to meeting all of you at CPW!

FOR THOSE WHO ACTUALLY GOT THAT FEELING OF ACCOMPLISHMENT AFTER 13 YEARS OF BUSTING THEIR ASSES PLEASE POST THEIR STATS!!! SATS, GPA, EXTRACURRICULARS ETC... JUST FOR THE COMPARISON AND HOPEFULLY MAKE ME FEEL BETTER AND DISCOVER WHERE I WENT WRONG. WAS IT THE 2340 ON THE SATS?THE LOWLY 4.7 GPA? VALEDICTORIAN? THREE SPORT VARSITY ATHLETE? VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER? CLASS PRESIDENT? MATH TEAM ALL STAR? OR WAS I JUST NOT PART OF THE DIVERSIY PUZZLE MIT WAS GOING FOR?

oops. forgot the 364 digits of pi...

OMG I still can't believe it!!!! Sooooo excited :D :D :D

I'm from India, btw :)

i didn't even make it past the first sentence. it took me ten minutes to read the entire letter. the expereince of getting that decesion was purely euphoric. the elation i felt as i read that first sentence over and over again still brings tears to my eyes. after all the work, all the long nights, all the sweat, i have finally made it. it has paid off.

I am still in a state of shock from that letter. Congrats to everybody and it feels good to be accepted into the MIT Class of 2014 :)

SO EXCITED!

Hope to see you all at CPW!

The next four years are going to be amazing.

@S (the junior asking for scores), I don't think it matters too much. As long as you do well (700ish in each subject) you'll be fine. at my info session the person said once you get to 650, it's no big deal (i only got a 650 in reading, so he was telling the truth!)

all in all, let your personality shine through and beyond your scores. i got a 2130 and a 4.1, and i still got in.

good luck next year. hope to see you when i'm a sophomore!

Hey Aakanksha, can i plz have ur email id.
mine is nakul10@gmail.com

@ Louis:

Haha we have to leave our school at 6am in order to get to West Point in time for those events...I have Experimental Design and Protein Modeling (at the same time...my brother is just going to present my model haha), Anatomy, Disease, and Write It/ Do It. I can't wait, although this week is going to be insanely stressful, as you well know. ;)

@ tanya: are you in NYS too?

Another international here. Costa Rica!

I am so incredibly excited

I feel like the smallest person in the world. .-. It's such a strange feeling. I'm really grateful for the opportunity, and for the help I received all my life, but I still don't quite "get it"... I mean, there's so much to go, so so so much in front of me, and I feel so small compared to all that, I guess.

I really can't explain.

Dude, is there perchance anybody as confused as I am right now?

Congrats everyone!! You must all be amazing. Too bad I don't get to meet you!
It is so true that being part of the admissions process of MIT is an honor itself...but hundreds of thousand times more if ADMITTED!!=D
Hope you all can do something big for the next four years. =)

@cesar or juan, Im peruvian too (trujillo).. but i got rejected, I would like to have the chance to talk to you and compare our apps ... just to have an idea of what i was missing and stuff..or to know how an admitted student's application would look like, or just to talk about stuff. If you can look me up on Facebook my name is Guillermo Chu.
Would really appreciate it!

-Gator '14.

i can't go to cpw!!! but i am so excited!!! i still can't believe i got in!! I will have a hard decision to make :(

@someone from IIT : i'm from India and i know how tough this exam is and i can assure everybody else that the ppl who got in IIT were solving irodov nd walker even before we all have heard of them .. but frankly ..there is only one thing that makes MIT>>>IIT is that mit guys have a life ..iit guys don't know anything except physics chemistry and math ...that's all
c'mon man ..if u hate mit then why are u even here ?
let me tell you one very apparent fact ...JEE is the toughest engg exam in the world only coz of the no. of applicants ... we are the 2nd biggest population and we don't have that many great unis around.... what else do you expect ?

@ Anosh Benush
I totally know what you mean...i checked my decision on my laptop downstairs in my room...read the first sentences grabbed my laptop and ran screaming upstairs to tell my parents i didn't actually read the rest of the letter for another like hour...i bookmarked the page actually lol...kinda pathetic lol

So anyone from Montana? am i the only one?

From Singapore :). Glad to know everyone here! :D

Best week EVER! Turned 18, started spring break, got ACCEPTED TO MIT, and had an amazing pi day pie eating party!!! Congratulations everyone!

Congrats to all admitted students! Thank you to all MIT admission officers for reviewing my application patiently.
I am very excited for you all.

wow, it's incredible to see that it's been 3 years since my march 14th. it's been an amazing ride for me, and i hope it will be for all of you, too.

OMGOMGOMGOMG....INNNN...THANK YOU MIT!!!!!!!!

@ Someone from IIT & @Someone from MIT:
I ve applied twice to MIT, didnt make it. The truth abt IIT is that it is mainly an exam between the top 25,000 students in India not 250,000. people here just sit for the exam, but ppl who apply 2 MIT need 2 think twice even before applying. In that respect MIT is much tougher to get into, especially for Intn'l students.

I do feel there needs 2 b more space for international students at MIT, pi-day just makes me feel the need to be born an American again. U guys must face the fact that Indians are smarter (no offence, even Obama said so :P) so plz do think abt it, how much the International students could contribute, probably more than American students.

and yes I am from India, and I know well for a fact that MIT>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> IIT

That makes me wanna who all got in from India, plz post ur responses soon!

@Nakul
More international students that's right but.....
What do you mean Indians are much smarter???
Every one is special in own way, pal...
And i don't belive in IQ it's a myth a think...

@Ruslan,
I mean generally, Indian kids are better at graspin science and maths, coz mayb it has 2 do with the way we r taught in school.
lets not argue abt that here.

drop me a mail at nakul10@gmail.com

@nakul
i'm indian and i'm applying for mit next year.
i also happen to be a freshman at iit. i wud like it if u cud help me. (and bout indians being more intelligent......ummm..define intelligence...:))

Haa, feels good to write that `14 after my name. I just got in MIT and I am so scared of waking up, to me this is a dream.

I am an international student, to all of you who didnt' get admitted, tough luck. I know how it feels to be int'l and not getting admitted. Luckily, I was one of the few who did get in. I am so looking forward to meeting you all.

Add me on facebook!

Yassin Nosayr

C'mon dudes lets stop talkin about IIT and India well the discussion is going offtopic..BTW Congrats to all the admitted ones especially international ones, really significant achievement in your life i guess..

Is there anyone from Kazakhstan???
Please let's meet there next year!!!
(If you'll help me with my admission...))))

@Melih
totally agree with you.
any muslimah from an Arab country?

@Afarh Shafquat:
I'm from Tunisia

@OnAGapyear `13

I am from Israel. I am an Arab-Israeli, though.

I want to congratulate all of you who have made it. I, myself, am among the rejected ones, but I will apply next year too, and hopefully have more success. I am from Montenegro and as I read, it's very hard to get a spot in MIT if you're an int'l so special gratz to all international students who got accepted.
Greetings from Montenegro,
Vuk

I am still in shock!

I never told anyone how much I wanted to go to MIT and never showed any signs of being too crazy about it. But the last hour of the decision was unbearable. I was too impatient. I was ready with even the password typed. What was needed was just a click and once I did it, it appeared.
Thank you MIT for letting me to be a part of THE FAMILY.

Even though I got rejected, I have two school mates who got accepted =D That's some achievement being an international school.
I am from Pakistan btw, and the school is Roots. \m/

Could some of you guys n gals that got accepted post your stats here.(I really need a reason to believe that I didn't deserve to be here)

I LOVE YOU MIT!!!!

Could someone upload a screenshot of the decision page(someone, who were admitted)? :)

I would like to see, how it looks like... :)

Anyway, GOOD GOOD GOOD LUCK for MIT! :)

Fairness? How many/what percentage of students at IIT are international? In how many other countries is the entrance test offered? How much financial aid is available to those international students to cover their expenses coming to IIT? MIT is an extremely diverse university, I think, compared to top universities in other countries.

On another matter, for those who didn't apply to enough "safety" schools, there's a huge list of colleges with rolling admissions, many with engineering programs, at
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/354075-list-colleges-early-action-early-decision-rolling-admissions.html

@ WhyNotMe?
Well, I got rejected (yes i am really disappointed!) but I am really not complaining although everyone has always said I deserved to go to MIT, and my EC also said during the interview that I have reaal shot at MIT.
But when you look at the stats, you can not really blame the admission committee. Considering internationals, they have to drop 30 great applicants to pick 1, so do you really think we can complain if we are not that 1?
At the end of the day, it is down to luck, more than anything else!
I am sure you are great and so is everyone who applied to MIT. We can all prove our worth somewhere else, i am confident.

Anne...Unbelievable that international students think an American University should be wide open to them

^I've been really excited about coming to MIT but you have just made me feel very unwelcome.

OMG..I'm a teeny-weeny bit late to post this here, but OMG I CAN'T BELIEVE IT I GOT IN!!! I actually read that letter over and over to sink it in =P
Aaaah!GOD IS SO GREAT! =D

Big shout-out to the MIT Class of 2014! I really look forward to seeing all of you during fall! =]

Oh, and I am an International student, specifically from Pakistan. =]

.. congratulations to all 2014 batch ppl

.. the only creepy thing i m feeling bad abot indian kids is that they study tougher syllabus in their 11th n 12th class.. n focus only on their IIT JEE & AIEEE.

i bet they hav the best knowledge in their Phy Chem MAths than any other kids of ny other nation..

Indian kids have a bad luck...
after the most amount of hard work.. the college life isn so worth it...

things ll soon change.. they probably ll hav to..
waitin 4 d better change in my country!

gr8 days for all the newbies @ MIT

Congrats again to all admitted students. I would like to meet as many MIT applicants as possible. Add me people on Facebook. Nosayr Yassin

WooHoooo Rock n' Roll MIT! We love you. MIT has already changed my life!

Regular and early action admitted students should try to attend one of the upcoming Admitted Student Parties that are occurring in the US and abroad starting next week. It is a fantastic opportunity to meet other admitted students, as well as current students who are home on spring break. Parents are invited too. This is also an opportunity for them to meet other parents of admitted and current students. Lots of questions can be answered by the current students and parents. It's an exciting time!

Congrats to all the newly admitted students! See you at the party with your parents!

Yay!!! I'm so happy. I honestly couldn't believe it. I still keep reading the letter every five minutes to make sure my eyes aren't deceiving me. I had prepared myself for rejection but WHAT A SURPRISE!!!

@Nakul: I am an Indian. Well, technically an Indian American but I went to high school in India.

Good luck for every one , I'm rejected and I'm dreaming to be one of you. I have done all what I can and more but.. in Vain. Tough I didnt lost hope and I believe I will enter one day this university. I'm SURE.
I just was singing I'm yours to MIT.
By the way, Could some one has a suggesttion to me to came back to MIT.
Please, I need a response ,my email is amine_5890@hotmail.fr

@Rehan

Wow, you basically spoke my mind. Luck is always involved in life; just try again some other time. Transfer or Grad school maybe?

Once again, can the people who MIT believes are so much more amazing than me post their sat scores, gpa, etracurriculars etc? Come on, give a guy some closure.

@ Nell: No, I am from Virginia :)

@ JB
I got a 690 on my math, and I think a 2120 on my combined score for SATS. I have a 98.5 GPA. I play one varsity sport and I am Class Vice President. Looks like you've got me beat in just about every category.

Except I think admission decisions are about more than just the numbers. They want to find students that can bring more than just the perfect SAT scores or GPA. Someone that will make MIT the special place that it is.

I'm not saying that I can or will bring something special to MIT, or that you wouldn't if you went there. But when there are thousands of applicants, I believe that admissions does the best job that it can in finding out what's behind the impressive resume, discovering those applications with a sort of sincerity . It could very well be some minute detail that makes an admission officer choose one applicant over another.

You already know that you are a very qualified applicant, just as many of those that were both accepted and rejected. But if you are looking for closure here is my best advice: You can't change the result. Questioning "why not me??!" won't get you anywhere. Accept it and look forward to what else life has in store. Is that too cliche...?

I don't know if this has helped you or anyone else or has just enraged you more but my intentions were to help! I wish you the best of luck.

@muss I just feel like, and see if this makes any sense, I was disadvantaged because I am advangtaged. I'm a white guy from maine who didn't come from a broken home, from a third world country, and didn't have to overcome any great obstacles. I realize that i've got it pretty good and admitted this in my application. I give thanks for this and all the success it has allowed me to achieve. Yet it seens that without the dramatic life experiences of those not as lucky as me, I didn't seem special enough for MIT, even though I pull people from burning buildings for volunteer work, memorize pi as a hobby, and built my own computer. All my reccomendations and interview were thumbs-up. I really thought i had the numbers and went beyond them too. Guess not.

The reason this is really bugging me though is I have no idea what to do now. I want to go for either nuclear or aeronautical engineering and MIT was one of the only colleges nearby (i didn't want to go too far from home). The only other two are RPI (which i was accepted into) and Penn State (which i didnt apply to but has rolling admission), but neither of these schools is of the same caliber as MIT. I also was accepted into WPI but they dont have nuclear eng. Any advice? COuld i spend a year at one of these schools then attempt to transfer? If I chose to stay for the full four years at one of these other schools which one would be the best? HELP ME!!

@ JB

I can totally see where you are coming from and honestly my heart goes out to you. It's almost unbelievable that you weren't accepted! I think you have a right to be bummed :/

As for your current situation, I don't have a clue about what you should do! Heck, I still don't even know what I'm doing yet. I think it depends on how badly you want to attend MIT. If it's worth a lot to you, try to transfer! I expect that you will do as well in college as you did in high school and that will help you have a reasonable shot at getting in.

Ultimately, your college experience will be what you make it. Those schools may not have the prestige associated with them that MIT does, but they are still great schools that will provide you with a great eduction. You may end up attending a school that you love and never want to leave! You never know. Talk it over with your parents, a teacher, a guidance counselor, maybe your EC? They'll help you find your answer.

Nice work comrades, good job getting in. For all those kids who didn't get in and who are hating, please clam yourself because you thought this school was good enough to apply to in the first place and you know you're just bitter. Anyways, this school is the best, especially thanks to Questbridge, so I'll give a little shout out to Questbridge here. Thanks, you have literally made my life. I was also lucky enough to find out mad early like on December 1st. Shout out to MIT rowing too, cause I just might do rowing, or play football either one. Kase, Harvest, Honickmonster (stop being so obessed with technology), and Katherine Schutz (stop being so happy, you already know you got in, chill dude everyone at the lunch already got in, ur not impressing anyone). Dasvidanya comrades.

@JB

I've read your story, I believe I understand your frustration and disappointment. We will have plenty of them in the future. Please note MIT is NOT the only engineering school in this area, there are plenty of very good schools in New England. Schools listed in your previous emails are very good schools. If you are indeed the super-achiever you claimed to be then you will certainly be challenged wherever you go (NOT just in MIT).

Keep an open mind, and don't just lock on ONE major and one school. The college journey is another learning experience beyond just numbers/achievements in high school. So I suggest you let go the rejection burden and move on...

@JB:

Being rejected is a difficult thing to endure, and I understand that it is often easy to get sucked up into the SAT/GPA rage when in the midst of the ycollege process. In my experience, however, the MIT admissions office does not pick students based on either, and it seems more likely that the students who are accepted happen to have high scores in both categories by coincidence. Moreover, discussion of such silly indicators of aptitude as standardized tests are considered obnoxious and unwelcome here. That you are asking people for their scores is just indication that you have little respect for the MIT admissions office, and little understanding of what MIT is.

@JB:

According to US News and World Report, the top ranked Nuclear Engineering schools (circa 2009) are:

1. University of Michigan (Ann Arbor)
2. MIT
3. Texas A&M (College Station) and University of Wisconsin (Madison)
5. North Carolina State University and University of California (Berkeley)
7. Penn State (University Park)
8. Georgia Institute of Technology and University of Florida
10. Oregon State University

-Kim
MIT Class of 2012

@JB:

As for Aero/Astro schools....

1. MIT and Caltech
3. Stanford
4. Georgia Institute of Technology, Purdue University (West Lafayette), and University of Michigan (Ann Arbor)
7. University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)
8. University of Texas (Austin)
9. Princeton University and University of Maryland (College Park)

-Kim
MIT Class of 2012

@JB

I understand your pain, but there is no reason to get so mad over it. Unlike you, I come from 3rd world country, broken family with a lot of issues and my only hope at better life was to get in good college. I've also ranked in top 5% of my school, had very good sat scores and TOEFL score. Yet, I got rejected and yes I am a bit disappointed but it's not worth of disrespecting MIT community and their decision committee. Try again next year (like I will), try early action in September or just pick another college. You have big advantage over people from countries like mine when it comes to college, so if you can't get into MIT right now there are plenty of others to choose from.

I'm not really that mad or attempting to be disrespectful, its just sarcasm is kind of my natural language. And I'm fully aware that the application process looks at more than simple numbers, but simple numbers are much easier to share than asking for complete summaries of applications. I'm just looking for comparisons so I can improve my eventual transfer or gradwork application.

@kim thanks for the info, I've seen the lists and considered many of those schools. But like I said I kind of wanted to stay within a reasonable days drive of home. Most of my family(cousins, aunts, uncle, grandmother) lives in mass. so MIT seemed like a perfect choice. Now I'll probably choose RPI which is a very good school(7-8 hour drive home) although it didnt make the US News Report. Unfortunately I've visited thir MANE(mech, aero, nuclear, electrical eng.) facility and wasn't that impressed. And although I know that most of the learning experience is determined by the student, I believe MIT would have provided a better education. So I will move on and still control my own destiny. And thank-you again for the advice.

@Vuk Where are you from?

I'm from Montenegro,I wrote it few posts above ^^.

oops. sorry vuk.

It's been a day and a half, and I'm still in shock. I can't believe that I made it... YAY!

I'm so excited! I can't wait to meet all of you at CPW :)

I thought it was cute that MIT released decisions on Pi Day :)

I look forward to meeting all you admitted students at CPW!

To those of you who weren't admitted, I hope to see you anyway. All of you seem incredible!

Shishi... wow.. I'm just... a day late? But still excited.

I sat at my computer for 15 minutes just staring... tried to play it cool to my mom and failed. Then proceeded to attack my sister in a big bear hug.

Called my closest friend, she screamed. And then started to slave away on musical light sets!

Thank you to the MIT Admissions for this opportunity! I'll be sure to make the best of it!

Congratulations to everyone who got in! I hope to see you at CPW!

i was actually visiting georgia tech when decisions came out.... and checked my decision on a computer in the front lobby of the georgia tech hotel where i was staying

some business men gave me funny looks when i suddenly began to sob and laugh hysterically ;)

recap: "obsolete of" (currently, rejection)

Hey guys. I got accepted. Here are some of my thoughts:

@ JB. I really feel bad for you. Ultimately, MIT wants to build a class and not necessarily take the students with the best ECs and high GPAs. I see the GPA and SAT as a minimum requirement that shows whether you will succeed at MIT. With your SAT and GPA I think that you would have no problem succeeding academically (mine was in the same ballpark as yours).
Ultimately, I think that to get into MIT you need to be motivated by something that fascinates you -- something that blows your mind away. Something that you would be willing to spend hours on end working on until you get the final product. Something that will keep you busy at MIT in the midst of your intense amount of schoolwork. Of course, any veteran member of the MIT community could argue something else, and in that case, listen to him/her.

@ Kim '12. I noticed what you mentioned about the debt! For me, I have to choose between a full ride at a good state school and MIT. It really hurts to think about the staggering financial commitment for MIT even though it is such a good school. My parents told me we wouldn't get any fin aid (so I didn't apply) but spending 50k a year is definitely not easy. If I go to MIT, I feel bad that my parents will be tied to their jobs much longer until retirement. Did you have similar thoughts when you were in my position? Perhaps we can talk: email me at noravic123@gmail.com

@JB, to emphasize, international students (i.e. those from third world countries) have a ~2% chance of getting in on average (i.e. those from third world countries).

You are not disadvantaged because you're advantaged; you're just disadvantages because a ****load of student apply, and admissions has to choose an entire class that works well together. No one, not even admissions, can tell you you're not "good enough" for MIT, but based on their experience, you and MIT as a match were not as fit as some of the other students.

@Isra
I'm from Tunisia,
are you on the facebook group?

@David K
I am referring to your reply to JB. How do you know only the admitted students have those qualities? JB could have the same qualities as well. I find similar comments time and again. Isn't it a miracle that only 1600 people with such qualities applied?

I don't miss the following:

(1) snowstorms

(2) long lab hours

I miss the following:

(1) passionate hacker culture

(2) long lab hours

(3) food trucks in Kendall Square and Tech Square

(4) skyline of the Back Bay at dawn, dusk, nights and brilliantly sunny days

(5) Boston the city

Who else wants to double major in courses 6 and 18? Also, I'm excited for CPW!

@JB: Hi! It is sad, but true that more than 10% of the applicants are qualified. Most schools say that 80 to 90% of applicants are academically qualified, meaning high GPA and SAT. 80% is 8 times 10%. They can't accept every qualified student. Also a statistic from Chris: "31% of the class were identified as being "academic stars". Examples of academic stars include being a Siemens Finalist, qualifying for the USAMO, and so forth". 31% is a lot of people winning awards that prove them to be the top in the nation. I know its hard; however, take a breath. Don't blame not getting accepted on race/gender/socioeconomic position. You are great; however, more than 10% of applicants are great. You will get accepted to another great school. You will go there. You will enjoy it. Have fun.

heyy, I'm one of the EA admits :D
so happy that some of my friends got in on Pi day!!
absolutely add me on facebook!!

@JB

It's a natural recation to look for possible reasons for one's rejection from MIT....But have you considered the fact that it might not be because you have it easy. I mean, many people who get in also do. Remember that MIT is looking for people who inherently have that 'match' with the institute. For example, it is a research school so the adcoms will generally look for hands-on people who will maintain the research culture of the institute.

I'm not saying that you are not qualified. You obviously are. But too many people are blaming it on the fact that they've had an easy life. You are a great student. You're definitely going to get into another great college and enjoy it A LOT, probably better than you would have enjoyed MIT. Best of luck.

Congratulations everyone! So so excited! Thank you MIT! =)

I have not seen my daughter more happier in her life ever before. She needed the admission to validate all the effort she put in over the last six years for this ultimate prize. She bought a MIT shirt from the COOP after getting a call Rebecca yesterday and is now proudly wearing it...

I think the admissions folks did a superb job identifying candidates - who fit the MIT "culture" - that fosters imagination, creativity and enterpreneurship.

We are extremely grateful and thankful to the admissions folks for identifying our precious little baby for admission...

@David K:

For me, MIT was an easy decision... and yet, at the same time, quite difficult.

Academically, Purdue is a strong Engineering school. I know people from my hometown to went to Purdue for undergrad, and moved on to MIT for grad school.

Socially, my best friends from high school were going to Purdue, so it was really tough saying goodbye to my old buddies. y best friend and I had received our Purdue acceptance letters so quickly that we were already planning on becoming dorm roommates.

Oh yeah, Purdue is also famous for its Nude Olympics... and cars driving around campus with burning couches strapped on top.

But anyways...

Economically, MIT costs $40K a year in tuition alone... and growing. Then you get nickel and dimed with fees for things like "Student Activities" fees, textbooks (I bought a super-thin textbook for 18.404 written by the head of the MIT Math department for $150... sigh), a clicker (used in 8.02 for casting your daily quiz answer "votes"), and more.

MIT's financial aid program is a bit more stringent than federal financial aid, which has caused a few people I know some difficulties. I knew one girl who graduated 2 years early (by taking like 10 classes a semester) because she could not qualify for financial aid (though she really needed it), and worked about 40 hours a week to support herself.

Massachusetts, particularly the Boston area, is not a cheap place to live.

Purdue would have been a full-ride for me, tuition, room and board. And Indiana cost of living is substantially less.

That really made the choice difficult.

In the end, I chose MIT for 2 major reasons...

1.) Boston: I came from a small Indiana town, so I wanted to try a change of venue.

2.) MIT's reputation: Purdue is a great engineering school, and people in the engineering field generally know this. But, laymen probably don't. MIT, on the other hand, is more widely known as a top engineering school. As such, MIT generally gets more funding, access to research facilities and equipment, and employment opportunities for students. It is not that I could not find such chances at Purdue... just that it is easier to find such facilities and opportunities when you have the MIT logo plastered on the wall.

*sigh*

Hi Congratulations to all you wonderful guys!

I'm thinking of applying next year, but I'm getting a bit worried coz I haven't yet had any major success at Olympiads or any ISEF affiliated fair and I haven't yet really accomplished any original research(though I'm really trying). My SAT scores might be high and my academic record is also neat (not outstanding). But I do think that I am passionate enough about to get admitted. So, shouldn't I give it a try? ( I'm an international poor enough to ask for full scholarship).

@ David K

I'd very much encourage you to apply for Finaid, or at the very least sit down with your parents and see what the Financial Aid Calculator has to say. Last year 90% of our students received some form of financial aid, and 59% received aid directly from MIT.

http://web.mit.edu/sfs/afford/financial_aid_calculator.html

recaptcha: Mr wreak. After 2 days of joy and sorrow on the blogs that's about right :/

I tried to think of something funny/witty to say to capture the thoughts, emotions and dreams that all of us are feeling now. But I can't. All I'm going to say is:

WE MADE IT!
And now is just the beginning.

I cannot cannot wait for August.

SHIPPING UP TO BOSTON, PEOPLE! Can't wait to meet all of you'll, and live the campus experience of all our dreams.

--Anvisha
Mumbai, India
PS: Board exams so no CPW :'(

I can't wait to meet everyone!

I just think it would be better and simpler if colleges started phasing out the race and sex questions. That way no one would be having these arguments or blaming admission decisions on anything but an applicants raw qualifications. I think everyone here could agree that who you are is not determined by these two questions and therefore they are uneccessary in the application process. Anyway... moving on, I apologize for wallpapering this forum with outbursts and thank-you for your advice.

BTW, is there anyone here from Maine who will be attending the ARML Penn State trip?

@Martín, Pato from Mexico:
Bien hecho chicos!!! Los felicito!!! Yo quiero en verdad entrar al MIT, es un gran sueño!!!! Soy chilanga Yo aplico para la gen '15 pero quería felicitarlos, y aunque no los conozco, decirles que estoy en verdad orgullosa de ustedes, se han vuelto en una clase de ejemplo a seguir, un si ellos pudieron ¿Por qué yo no?

FELICIDADES!

YO PREFROSH!!!!!!

congrats! (for like the 200000 time, i'm sure)

so, CPW is the best. you should really come if you possibly can, it really helped me make my decision, as i was seriously on the fence.

anyways, are there any prospective '14s from ALABAMA?

-lizzi

Congratulations everybody! Come to CPW!

Comrades, good work getting into college! Come to CPW, does anyone like playing ultimate frisbee, if so, we should play a game. PS, people who didnt get in should not be here, u guys ur only depressing urself further jeez man i feel for u though, rejection sucks, but asking and doubting aint gonna help you. and people who think they're potential students here, get the heck off this page cause you shouldnt be looking at this page, u kind of overacheivers make me sick. Go enjoy life kids, apply to colleges next year, not now (y tu tambien la chica mexicana de la clase de 2015)

@ Chelsea....

Add me on Facebook. (The name is Anne Yu on there.)
We'll discuss swimming things.

Oh and any Alaskans in the house?
:)
Congrats again.

WOW you guys... CONGRATS!! I hope I'm in the same position as you next year =) Fingers crossed.